The Code on Wages, 2019 — Bare Act, All Sections & Free PDF
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Overview
An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages and bonus and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Sections (Showing 1 to 10 of 69)
Section 1 to Section 10 (10 Sections)
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Code on Wages, 2019. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date 1 as the Central Government may, by notification...
Definitions.
In this Code, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "accounting year" means the year commencing on the 1st day of April; (b) "Advisory Board" means the Central Advisory Boar...
Prohibition of discrimination on ground of gender.
(1) There shall be no discrimination in an establishment or any unit thereof among employees on the ground of gender in matters relating to wages by the same employer, in respect o...
Decision as to disputes with regard to same or similar nature of work.
Where there is any dispute as to whether a work is of same or similar nature for the purposes of section 3, the dispute shall be decided by such authority as may be notified by the...
Payment of minimum rate of wages.
No employer shall pay to any employee wages less than the minimum rate of wages notified by the appropriate Government.
Fixation of minimum wages.
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 9, the appropriate Government shall fix the minimum rate of wages payable to employees in accordance with the provisions of section 8. (2) ...
Components of minimum wages.
(1) Any minimum rate of wages fixed or revised by the appropriate Government under section 8 may consist of-- (a) a basic rate of wages and an allowance at a rate to be adjusted, a...
Procedure for fixing and revising minimum wages.
(1) In fixing minimum rates of wages for the first time or in revising minimum rates of wages under this Code, the appropriate Government shall either-- (a) appoint as many committ...
Power of Central Government to fix floor wage.
(1) The Central Government shall fix floor wage taking into account minimum living standards of a worker in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided that different floor wage may...
Wages of employee who works for less than normal working day.
If an employee whose minimum rate of wages has been fixed under this Code by the day works on any day on which he was employed for a period of less than the requisite number of hou...
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